G-2-25, A NEW SELF-COMPATIBLE AND LATE-BLOOMING ALMOND SELECTION

The almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) breeding programme at the CITA de Aragón aims at the development of self-compatible cultivars in order to avoid all the problems related to cross-pollination, blooming, if possible, when the risks of late frosts are over.
Previous releases have shown commercial levels of fruit set in growing conditions of single-cultivar orchards, but incidence of late frosts is still damaging the crop in some inland growing regions in particular years.
Selection G-2-25, coming from the cross ‘Felisia’ × ‘Bertina’, shows very good traits for a commercial cultivar, blooming in addition two weeks later than ‘Felisia’, the latest blooming cultivar released so far.
It is thus considered for registration because of its erect growth habit, early ripening, high and regular bloom density, autogamy (S₆S_f genotype), high fruit set, tolerance to diseases, hard shell, large kernel, very high content of oleic acid, and medium content of tocopherol.

XII EUCARPIA Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics

R. Socias i Company, O. Kodad, J.M. Alonso, A.J. Felipe

Prunus amygdalus, breeding, late blooming, self-compatibility, fruit quality, productivity

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.814.52